Monthly rent: $6800 ($81600 annual)Vacancy: 5%Property tax: $12000/yrInsurance: $1550Maintenance & Repairs + Cap Ex: $5000Utilities (water, gardening, trash, electricity): $4570Total cash in pocket at end of year: $54000Cash ROI = 4.53%!!

There's a lot of competition for good deals, but if you're thinking 20 mile radius from Long beach there are tons from willmington, san pedro, lomita, torrance, carson, paramount, hawaiian gardens... man the list goes on!

I also have studio garden unit, but the city still considers the building a 2 unit.

connect it to building by the garden hose and its will be very useful for storage.

Go get landscape timbers about 3 dollars a piece and create a raised garden bed.

Also, even a SFR with no HOA will incur some expenses such as pool cleaning and gardening regardless of the property is vacant or occupied with the renters.

The house is located opposite Kenilworth Park in the Eastland Gardens neighborhood of NE Washington - a quiet, well-established and very desirable part of NE DC.

It seems like a lot of the job seekers those particular areas have brought in have settled in the city nearby, hence the growth in those neighborhoods around the botanical gardens and Tower Grove Park.

Exterior painting, moving dirt, rocks, gravel and prepping gardens, unplugging a drain or installing a toilet come to mind.

Kathie - We like to visit Garvan Gardens on occasion, I will get in touch if we make it down your way.Robert - Thanks, hope you have some success up in the Fort!